Where does “vuosimiljoona” come from?
vuosimiljoona (Finnish) comes from Finnish miljoona, from Swedish miljon, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.
vuosimiljoona (Finnish): A period of one million years; megayear
Definitions
- A period of one million years; megayear
Ancestry of “vuosimiljoona”, step by step
vuosimiljoona traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish miljoona
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | miljoona | A million, 10 |
| 2 | Swedish | miljon | A million, 10 |
| 3 | French | million | million, 10 |
| 4 | Middle French | million | million, 10 |
| 5 | Old French | millon | — |
| 6 | Italian | milione | million |
| 7 | Italian | mille | thousand |
| 8 | Latin | Mīlle | thousand; 1000 |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | smīɣeslī | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ | — |